Thursday, October 27, 2011
Anonymous
Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" is boomin'.
With its No. 3 ranking on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the Young Money/Cash Money single is the highest-charting Hot 100 rap hit by a solo female (without the aid of a featured artist) since Missy Elliott's "Work It" reached No. 2 in 2002. "Work" spent 10 straight weeks stuck in the runner-up slot.
"Nicki isn't like any other female rapper," says Cash Money co-founder/co-CEO Ronald "Slim" Williams, "We knew she had the goods when Lil Wayne signed her. She's not a female rapper -- she's a pop star who happens to rap."
"Super" is also just the eighth rap single by a solo female to reach the top 10 in the chart's 53-year history.
Aside from "Super" and "Work It," here are the other six single lady rappers' hits who reached the top 10:
M.I.A., "Paper Planes" (No. 4; Sept. 27, 2008)
Lil Mama, "Lip Gloss" (No. 10; June 30, 2007)
Missy Elliott, "Get Ur Freak On" (No. 7; June 30, 2001)
Lauryn Hill, "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (No. 1; Nov. 14, 1998)
Da Brat, "Funkdafied" (No. 6; Aug. 13, 1994)
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